Harry Potter meets Kinect

EA has announced its latest Harry Potter title, The Deathly Hollows will be compatible with  Microsoft’s Kinect, allowing you to cast offensive and defensive spells without the need for a controller. The Xbox 360 version of the game will offer exclusive challenges, for either single player or two player co-op, playing as Harry, Ron or Hermione.

“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 is non-stop action with Harry defending himself against a host of menacing enemies,” said Jonathan Bunney, Vice President and Head of Production at EA Bright Light Studios. “Our Kinect challenges allow players to literally cast magic from the palm of their hand, completely controller free, to enhance and deepen the overall play experience; and, even better, we have enabled a special co-op mode with Kinect allowing two people to fight Death Eaters side-by-side for the first time in any Harry Potter game.”

It will be interesting to see how well the game will implement Kinect. It will serve as a true demo for whats ahead. The game will be releasing alongside the movie, this November. View some Kinect specific screens and below, along with its official boxart.